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Another amazing city! Map by Dolph Map Co. US Route 52 begins in Downtown Charleston, on the Battery, and continues northwestward for more than 2000 miles to the Canadian border between NW North Dakota and Saskatchewan. En route, the highway passes through Florence (SC), Winston-Salem (NC), Wytheville (VA), Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Joliet (IL), Dubuque, Rochester (MN), Minneapolis-St Paul, Fargo, and Minot, before continuing NW for another 100 miles into Saskatechewan (where the SASK highway, which has a different number) continues onward to Regina and Saskatoon.
Map by the Rodney Stokes Company, published for a bank. La Jolla is part of the city of San Diego, located on the coast 10 to 12 miles north-northwest of the central part of the city. Several academic and research institutions are located within the greater La Jolla area of San Diego, along with some very scenic residential areas.
The big red lines are the IND lines, which at the time were an entirely separate system of subways, independent of the other two. More on this at the bottom of this caption
For the past few Decembers the MTA has run a special "nostalgia train" 4 or 5 times each Sunday. The train consists of a variety of vintage cars built between the 1930's and 1970's- primarily R1 or R9 models built beginning in 1930. This year, it runs on the 6th Avenue line, between Queens Plaza and 2nd Avenue. www.mta.info/nyct/service/events/vintage.html
The ride is great fun. Lacking the insulated walls and suspension systems of the modern subway, these trains roar and teeter as they blast through the tunnels with their distinctive electric motor whirr. There is no climate control, and it must have been hell during the summer, with only open windows and ceiling fans to alleviate the notorious oven steambath of the subway in July or August.
I believe these trains are preserved by the New York Transit Museum, who have kept the original signage and advertising intact. Running them like this is one of the best ideas the Transit Authority has had in a long long long time.
With so much to look at, it was one of the quickest rides I can remember having. The train was full of transit nerds (like myself) and there was a bit of a party atmosphere. There were also a number of older people who rode these cars back when they were in full service. The best part, however, was to observe the shock of regular commuters who had no idea that this was going to be the train that was going to take them to work, or whereever. And, of course, it's also amazing how many were just completely indifferent to it all- having lunch, reading the paper, doing crosswords...
December 12, 2010
These trains ran on the IND lines, which were built in the 1930's as the city's third separate subway system. "IND" indicated its independence from the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit- the original 1904 system covering Manhattan and the Bronx) and the BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit, the second system built) In 1940, the City unified the three systems into one.
Today the IND portion of the subway includes, among others, the E and F lines through Queens, Manhattan, and into Brooklyn, the Crosstown G line, and the famous "A" train.
Since the IND, there has been little new construction on the subway. It's frustrating that nearly the entire system used today was built in less time (35 years or so, and through a World War and the Great Depression...) than it will take to finally finish one lousy line- the much-need 2nd Avenue line, which began in 1972 and whose first phase (only a few stations) is slated to be completed in 2016. All while fares rise and services are cut. Obviously, there's something very wrong with the MTA.
Shepton Mallet 1885 - Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (www.nls.uk).
Pentre Colliery - originally opened as a level in 1857 by Messrs. Greenhills & Co. working the No.3 Rhondda, Abergorky and Pentre seams. In 1865 three shafts were sunk - two 7'-6" dia. downcast winding shafts 212 yds. to the Upper Four Feet seam and an upcast furnace ventilated shaft, 9'-0" dia. to the Two Feet Nine seam, this being the main seam worked and a cross-measure drift connected to the shaft bottom in the Upper Four Feet. In 1869 Messrs. Greenhill sold the mine to the Pentre & Church Steam Coal Co. consisting of Messrs. John Cory; R. Cory Jun.; James Ware & S.W. Kelly - the latter also being the General Manager.
On Friday, 24th. February 1871 at 9.20pm an explosion in the Two Feet Nine seam killed thirty eight men together with nine horses.
The Overman, Mr. William Rosser, was persuaded by his son to remain on the surface whilst he (the son) and five others descended the only undamaged shaft but he and another would-be rescuer, Joseph Thomas, were overcome by after-damp and joined the thirty-six others who perished. Had the explosion occurred during the day shift there would have been over 200 men & boys involved.
The cause of the explosion in this open-lamp mine was put down to a "blower" of gas being ignited by the ventilating furnace at the bottom of the upcast shaft.
This disaster left 20 widows and 70 children and orphans to face destitution.
This mine had the unusual feature of the two coaling shafts being served by the one winding engine.
In May 1873 a new company, The Cardiff & Swansea Smokeless Steam Coal Co. Ltd., was formed to purchase this mine (for £285,000) together with the Resolven colliery with a capitalisation of £400,000 and initiated an expansion of the mine, to include new shafts to the lower seams together with the levels as shown on the above map . Initial expansion was hampered by the lack of housing for the workers and some 80 No. dwellings were soon to be built.
Associated levels arrowed.
The left-hand (lower) pit is the upcast shaft and the downcast pits at the R.H. (upper) mine.
On Monday 12th. January 1874, whilst sinking a new shaft, William Williams was killed when the staging he was standing on within the shaft was collapsed by a length of timber falling from above.
Also in January 1874 the men issued a resolution to the effect that boys between the ages of 12-17yrs. should pay a premium of £5 to the Union prior to being trained in coal getting.
Closed 1929.
Ty-fry Colliery levels arrowed on right.
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Map by Geographia Maps. And here begins the mighty Ohio River: at one point, in the early 1920s, there briefly existed a plan to construct a scenic parkway (like the Colonial, Blue Ridge, or Natchez Trace Parkways) down the length of the Ohio, from Pittsburgh to Cairo Illinois. This plan sank without a trace sometime after the start of the Great Depression.
La Guyane Francaise, avec Partie de la Guyane Hollandaise: suivant les Operations et les Cartes recentes des Ingenieurs-Geographes Français. Par M. Bonne, Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la Marine. Fait à Paris par M. Bonne en 1780.
Map by Mapco. This map features Tallahassee on one side, with a campus map of Florida State University, and a map of Leon County on the reverse; glued into a protective card stock cover - the map folds out.
The TVR station on right is site of present day bus station.
Top right is the Great Western Vale of Neath railway, this section of line remains in use today as Aberdare station.
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Located alongside what is now Bedwas Road at Lansbury Park.
Sunk in 1862 to No. 3 Llantwit (Mynyddislwyn) seam at 156 yds. A new shaft was added in 1871. Closed 1892.
At this time the map shows there were three square/rectangular shafts - two winding shafts in front of the engine house and a pumping shaft at the rear.
This mine was connected to the old Energlyn colliery in late 1880's for pumping purposes.
In 1868 up to 80 Cornishmen were draffted in by the Owners to break a strike by the workers against a 10-15% wage reduction.
In 1873 the owner was Mr. T. Forster Brown who was also to remain the consulting engineer for the mine until closure.
August 1891 - two men killed by an explosion of gas caused by a roof fall - Fireman Thomas Windmill & Isaac Powell (46) - naked lights were in use as no previous problem with gas had occurred (Powell left a widow & five children) - the manager was John Richards.
Sixteen men were temporalily imprisoned out of a total of 150 No..
The Mines Inspectorate criticised the management for using naked lights without their agreement.
October 1892 - the mine was closed having exhausted it's reserves and at auction during December 1892 & January 1893 the plant and machinery of both Rhos Llantwit & Energlyn collieries was sold off - including "three useful colliery horses" and a Peckett locomotive.
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Map by MAPCO. Published for a magazine distributor. US Route 21, which originally ran from Beaufort, South Carolina to Cleveland, Ohio (by way of Beckley) was truncated in the 1970s after the majority of I-77 was completed - the route north of Wytheville, Virginia was decommissioned, with remnant parts of the old highway in Ohio now signed as Ohio state route 21.
Map by Gallup Map and Stationary Company. Fold-out map, glued into the rear inside cover of a pocket-sized, ~100-page business and tourist guide to Kansas City.
Map by Dolph Map Co. Published for a local magazine distributor. I love the hand-lettering on these old maps; it's very artful, as transportation ephemera goes.
Map by Dolph Map Co. Map is glued to the inside right side of a card stock cover; the map folds out of the protective cover. Maps of Clearwater, several island beach towns, and Pinellas County appear on the reverse. The Sunshine Skyway had just opened.
Map by Fred Johnson Maps. Prepared for the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Card stock cover is missing; map is in otherwise flawless condition.
Darren Colliery (Upper Highlight) & Waunfawr Colliery (Arrowed) - this location is East of the later Black Vein colliery.
Also to be seen - Sirhowy & Hall's Tramroads together with Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire Canal.
The Sirhowy Tramroad crossed the Ebbw Valley via an impressive stone multi-arched bridge to join with Hall's Tramroad at the point shown - see www.industrialdean.co.uk/risca/Danygraig%20in%201895-1600... for photo.
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Arrowed. Formed part of earliest deep mine in Rhondda.
Known also as Deep Dinas this was the upcast shaft.
Sunk 1832 by Walter Coffin to work No.3 Rhondda seam. Connected underground to the earlier Dinas Isaph Colliery - see Set No.1, Closed 1893.
In January 1844 an explosion killed twelve men & boys and was the first major explosion in Rhondda - the Overman had entrusted a young boy to examine a stall for gas and was charged with manslaughter but the jury returned a verdict of "accidental death". The owner at the time was still Mr. Walter Coffin as originally.
In 1879 another explosion killed a further sixty-three men & boys in the West Heading when owned by Colonel Edmund D'Arcy Hunt and was working the deeper steam coals at a depth of 440 yds. and the workforce was nearly 400 men & boys. Forty four horses also died.
This disaster left forty three widows and one hundred & thirty children destitute.
During the inquest into the explosion a former Manager, Morgan Rowlands, told how he had warned Colonel Hunt of his misgivings about Mr. Chubb, who was promoted to Manager from Overman, in that he considered Chubb as unsuitable for the role due to Chubb's lax safety record - indeed, Rowlands had resigned as Manager when, after dismissing Chubb, the owner had reinstated him.
Chubb eventually had his certificate suspended and was relegated to the role of Foreman under a new temporary Manager, Samuel Hughes, but continued to exert influence in flaunting safety measures. For this, Colonel Hunt and management were chastised by the jury who returned a verdict of Accidental Death.
N.B. The first bodies were not recovered until some months after the disaster and amongst these was that of William Lloyd who had been awarded a medal for gallantry following rescue efforts at the water inrush,Tynewydd colliery, Porth.
In July 1882 there were still some 56 No. bodies awaiting recovery although the pit had recommenced working a short while after the disaster - it was not until early 1884 that the last bodies were recovered when owned by Daniel Thomas - the manager was John Havard.
John Chubb was to later die of injuries sustained in an explosion at Gelli Colliery (21st. August 1883)
Daniel Thomas was killed on 27th. January 1884 whilst attempting to rescue men following the explosion at the adjacent Penygraig Naval colliery. Thomas was the holder of the Albert Medal 1st. class for bravery.
This site now lies adjacent to Pen Dinas flats - previously River View.
The Taff Vale Railway branch line was constructed as far as Hafod by June 1841 where it connected with Coffin's Tramroad which continued to transport Dinas coal until the branch line was extended. The line reached Treherbert in August 1856.
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Disused - closed 1892.
The three rectangular / square shafts of 1875 have been replaced with two circular shafts - the pumping shaft being partly enclosed by the engine house.
Located alongside what is now Bedwas Road at Lansbury Park.
Sunk in 1862 to No. 3 Llantwit (Mynyddislwyn) seam at 156 yds. A new shaft was added in 1871. Closed 1892.
This mine was connected to the old Energlyn colliery in late 1880's for pumping purposes.
In 1868 up to 80 Cornishmen were draffted in by the Owners to break a strike by the workers against a 10-15% wage reduction.
In 1873 the owner was Mr. T. Forster Brown who was also to remain the consulting engineer for the mine until closure.
August 1891 - two men killed by an explosion of gas caused by a roof fall - Fireman Thomas Windmill & Isaac Powell (46) - naked lights were in use as no previous problem with gas had occurred (Powell left a widow & five children) - the manager was John Richards.
Sixteen men were temporalily imprisoned out of a total of 150 No..
The Mines Inspectorate criticised the management for using naked lamps without their agreement.
October 1892 - the mine was closed having exhausted it's reserves and at auction during December 1892 & January 1893 the plant and machinery of both Rhos Llantwit & Energlyn collieries ( the latter was used for pumping in support of Rhos Llantwit) was sold off - including "three useful colliery horses" and a Peckett locomotive.
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Map by Champion Map Co. Blurry printing on this edition, which covers all of coastal Palm Beach County, plus the farm towns near Lake Okeechobee.
Very colorful, pocket-sized map by Hearne Brothers Maps. The once gigantic Hearne Brothers (headquartered in Detroit) was in business for much of the 20th century; in the late 1980s their base map material was acquired by Champion Maps of Charlotte, very shortly before Champion's acquisition by Rand McNally. A handful of late Champion publications, mostly in the lower Midwest and New England, were Hearne Brothers base maps updated and re-branded, which Rand McNally continued to keep in print for a few years.